The disappearance of a young girl leads a devoutly religious
Scottish policeman to an island whose denizens practice bizarre pagan sexual
rituals.An example of occult horror
that achieves its mounting terror without gratuitous gore.The first original screenplay by playwright
Shaffer.

Directed by Robin Hardy.Stars Edward Woodward as the policeman.

Other screenplays by Anthony Shaffer include: Death on the Nile, Evil under the Sun, and Appointment with Death.